Hawaii Supreme Court Upholds Life Sentence of Man Convicted of Kauai Homicide

Sentence upheld for 2018 homicide

LIHUE — On Wednesday, Prosecuting Attorney Rebecca Like announced that the Hawaii Supreme Court, in a 5-0 decision, reversed the ruling of the Intermediate Court of Appeals overturning Peter Grewer’s conviction. It was determined that on June 18, 2018, Peter Grewer stabbed his 67-year old wheelchair-bound landlord, Joellen Hartman, to death, according to a press release. She was found dead in her home in Koloa after being stabbed 17 times. Due t…

Life sentence upheld for Kauai man who stabbed landlord 17 times

Peter Grewer was convicted of killing his 67-year-old landlord who was in a wheelchair.

Hawaiʻi Supreme Court says man stays in prison for life after Kōloa Murder

LIHUE, Hawaii (KHON2) — The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court has ruled that Peter Grewer must stay in prison for the rest of his life for killing his landlord in 2018. Kauai man who killed landlord after being evicted is sentenced to life without parole Police said Grewer, who is 65, stabbed 67-year-old Joellen Hartman 17 times in her Kōloa home on Jun. 18, 2018. Hartman, a retired teacher who used a wheelchair, had told Grewer he had to move out of …

Hawaii Supreme Court upholds life sentence of man convicted of Kauai homicide

The life sentence for the man who stabbed his elderly landlord to death on Kauai in 2018 was upheld on Wednesday by the Hawaii Supreme Court.